At noon on October 27, entering a wooden house in Cho slope (Tra Tan commune, Da Nang city), Mr. Le Ngoc Hung (born in 1974) and his wife were stunned: currently there is only muddy land and the floor is flat. "Yesterday, it was flooding, my husband and I were stuck in a temporary house. This morning, both houses, pigs and chickens, more than 40 million VND in cash and 2 taels of gold... were already floating with rocks and soil, Mr. Hung choked up.
The mountain collapsed at a "more than 15-minute walk" from home, but the mud was still pouring down, sweeping away the family's property that had been there since 2008. The luckiest thing is: no one was in the house during the landslide.
On the afternoon of October 27, Chairman of Tra Tan Commune People's Committee - Le Minh Chien confirmed: the landslide had just buried 2 wooden houses of Mr. Hung's family in Song Y village. Previously, the authorities had evacuated households in the danger zone so there were no human casualties. The whole commune recorded 17 serious landslides, and many households in Song Tranh, Tra Giac, and Ngoc Giac villages had to be urgently evacuated to safety.
In the downstream, a cry for help was sent on social media: "My house is flooded, I'm holding my 8-month-old baby who slipped and fell, I hope someone will help take him out," Kieu Oanh (Duy Xuyen) wrote. From community groups, information quickly reached the authorities. The rescue boat on the edge of the house, the mother and child were taken out in the middle of a major flood, and transferred directly to the hospital. Sometimes, but thank you, Oanh raised her voice over the phone.
In the mountainous communes of southern Da Nang, from the night of October 25 to the morning of October 27, heavy to very heavy rain occurred, with some places having more than 500mm of rain, causing 30 landslides, 13 areas to be heavily flooded, and 665 households (2,727 people) in villages 3, 4, 5 of Tra Leng commune to be completely isolated.
Mr. Ho Van Tinh, a resident of village 4, Tra Leng commune, shared: "C rock and soil poured down all night.Fortunately, the army arrived in time, took the weak out first, and distributed rice and noodles to the people in the isolated areas".
Colonel Nguyen Van Hoa - Deputy Chief of Staff of Military Region 5 said: "We mobilized more than 2,400 people, including soldiers, militia, police and PCTT shock forces, along with 19 motor vehicles to clear roads, transport necessities, and help people stabilize their evacuation site.
The current key task is to access isolated residential areas early and ensure absolute safety for people. To date, the armed forces of the military region have coordinated with the locality to evacuate 377 households (1,559 people) to safety"
On the afternoon of October 27, Da Nang issued a "particularly large" flood warning.
Currently, many measuring stations on the Vu Gia - Thu Bon river have exceeded alert level 3 (the most dangerous level, which can cause widespread flooding). It is forecasted that in the next 6,12 hours, floods will reach and exceed alert level 3 in the downstream of Vu Gia - Thu Bon. The flood peak in Ai Nghia can reach 10.3m, in Cam Le 2.8m, in Giao Thuy 10m and in Hoi An 3m - all exceeding alert level 3 by 0.3 to more than 1m.
Areas that need special attention: Que Phuoc, Nong Son, Duy Xuyen, Thu Bon, Xuan Phu, Thanh My, Thuong Duc, Ha Nha, Phu Thuan, Vu Gia, Dai Loc, Go Noi, Dien Ban (North - West), Hoa Tien, Hoi An - and neighboring riverside areas.
